I8DT: Breaking News
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 12:55 amOnyx was at the apartment, baking cupcakes. She'd been baking a lot lately, part of a long line of random domestic activities she'd gotten obsessed with perfecting.
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I8DT: Breaking News
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 12:59 am"Hey, honey." Alyson said "Do you have a sec? We need to talk."
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 1:03 am"Sure," Onyx says, smiling, "Want to try a cupcake? I'm making gift baskets for Ms. Valentine and the Mrs. Stantons."
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 1:06 am"Maybe in a little while." Alyson said "A man came by today and well...he seems to be your biological father."
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 1:07 amOnyx's face quickly became neutral, "I don't have a father."
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 1:13 am"I know." Alyson said "Except in the genetic sense. If you don't want to have anything to do with him, that is your choice. If it makes a difference, he didn't know you existed until recently."
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 1:16 am"This is ridiculous," Onyx says, getting out a bag of flour, "I have baking to do."
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 1:25 am"Ok." Alyson said "I told him that it would be how you wanted, and if you don't want contact, I'll make sure he stays away."
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 1:26 am"It has nothing to do with what I want," Onyx says, "The man is not my father. It is a trick."
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 1:42 am"I thought that too." Alyson said "But...we did a DNA test, and genetically he is. Cassiel looked at his brain and he wasn't lying or showing false memories."
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 1:45 am"It is a very sophisticated trick then," Onyx says, "I do not have a father, ma'am."
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 1:53 am"Except genetically."
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 2:00 am"If you say so, Mistress," Onyx says coldly, a note of sarcasm touching her voice.
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 3:09 pm"Onyx, I'm trying to be on your side here." Alyson protested "If you don't want to have anything to do with him, that is your right. But...well...it doesn't change the fact that it looks like he is genetically related to you."
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 6:05 pm"Then why wasn't he ever there for me?" Onyx snaps, "Why did I have to grow up in the pens?"
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 6:40 pm"Because the woman who gave birth to you is a evil bitch, apparently." Alyson said "He had a brief affair with her when he was on Madripoor on business, and only found out you existed fairly recently. I'm not saying that he's a wonderful human being, but I don't think he'd have abandoned you to the pens, if he'd known."
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 6:52 pm"That is not exactly very helpful now," Onyx says, "...I do not want to see him."
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 6:53 pm"Ok." Alyson said "Then you don't have to."
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 7:00 pmOnyx nods, twisting her apron strings with her fingers.
"...What's he like?"
"...What's he like?"
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 7:20 pm"He seemed ok." Alyson said "Not above doing shady business, but he seemed like a pretty ok guy. Killed some of the people who'd hurt you."
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 7:23 pm"Why?" Onyx asks, looking confused.
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 7:49 pm"Because they'd hurt you, and he felt guilty that he hadn't been able to stop them earlier."
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:03 pm"A lot of people have hurt me," Onyx says, "Killing them will not change that."
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 9:59 pm"I know, but he still wanted to do that."
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 10:05 pm"Wonderful. The man who claims to be my father is a violent murderer," Onyx mumbles.
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 10:24 pm"In this case, I'll give him a pass." Alyson said "Because I want to do the same thing."
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 10:26 pm"I know you do," Onyx says with a sigh, "And I love you for it. But...this man."
"He does not have the right to defend me. He has not earned that right."
"He does not have the right to defend me. He has not earned that right."
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 11:01 pm"I know that." Alyson said "But I think that he sees it as an duty, not a right."
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 11:03 pm"What do you think?" Onyx asks, "Should I meet him?"
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 11:46 pm"I think that is up to you."
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 11:52 pm"You are a very unhelpful fiancee," Onyx grumbles.
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 12:56 am"Personally, I want to throw him through a wall for not bothering to find out if he had a kid before now." Alyson said "But that might not be fair to you, or to him."
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 1:04 am"I think I may be fine with it," Onyx says, starting to mix something up in a bowl.
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 1:08 am"Ok." Alyson said, laying a paper down on the counter "this is his contact info."
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 1:10 am"I will think about it," Onyx says.
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 2:13 pm"Ok." Alyson said "Whatever you want to do, I'll back you up."
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 6:11 pm"I know you will," Onyx says, "And...thank you."
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 8:04 pm"Just doing my job."
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 9:36 pm"I know," Onyx says, "...I love you."
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 11:01 pm"I love you too." Alyson said, hugging her.